Baltimore flops again, this time in Seattle 22-17

SEATTLE 
Joe Flacco needed one more possession to try to rally the Baltimore Ravens with another memorable comeback.

The Ravens' defense couldn't give Flacco that chance.

And for the third time this season, Baltimore was left explaining another flop against a losing team.

"Despite everything that happened early, late we still had an opportunity to come back and win the game and we didn't get it done," Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs said. "I take a lot of responsibility, me, myself and the rest of the defense. ... I'm just disgusted to lose like this."

Flacco completed 29 of 52 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown, but the Ravens couldn't overcome three turnovers, two missed field goals and a big day from Seattle's Marshawn Lynch in the Seahawks' 22-17 win on Sunday.

A week after staking claim to the lead of the AFC North with a thrilling last-minute win at Pittsburgh, the Ravens lost in the Pacific Northwest in an all-too-similar fashion this season.

After routing Pittsburgh in their opener, the Ravens (6-3) were dominated in a loss at Tennessee. Just a few weeks ago, after an impressive win over AFC South-leading Houston, the Ravens were beaten by Jacksonville.

Go ahead and add Seattle (3-6) to the list.

The magic Flacco had in last week's win over the Steelers was gone.

He was rarely able to challenge the Seahawks secondary downfield due to strong coverage that forced him to throw underneath. When he did have opportunities to pick up big yards, Flacco missed open receivers.

Ray Rice had only 27 yards rushing and David Reed fumbled twice on kickoff returns leading to six points for Seattle.

"We understand that we are going to be a target of a lot of criticism right now. We understand that, we understand that it's going to be local, it's going to be national," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said.

"We understand the fans are very disappointed in the game, we're very disappointed in the game. We had an opportunity here to do something to separate ourselves a little bit in our division and we didn't finish."

These types of losses by the Ravens are rare occurrences since Harbaugh took over in 2008. Sunday's defeat was the fourth loss by the Ravens against a sub-.500 team since Harbaugh took over, and two of them have been after Week 2 - Sunday's loss to Seattle and three weeks ago against the Jaguars.

And some of the Ravens offensive decisions may be questioned after this loss.

Rice, who was visibly upset after the Ravens had to settle for a 35-yard field goal from Billy Cundiff late in the third quarter, had just five carries for 27 yards. The Ravens had eight total carries by their running backs. Rice did catch eight passes for 54 yards, but receivers Torrey Smith and Anquan Boldin had five combined catches.

"They are big guys, their corners, and they were pressed on us most of the day. They kind of went into a two shell a lot of the second half and forced us to do some of those things," Flacco said. "But I felt like we moved the ball pretty well on offense when we had the ball, obviously we didn't take advantage of some things and we did make some mistakes